Unthinkable World Records That People Have Broken

The Tallest Man Ever

Robert Wadlow holds the record for the tallest man ever. He was eight feet and 9 inches tall! Somehow, Wadlow would be towering over Kösen, the world's tallest living man. Wadlow was born in 1918 and died in 1940.

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